gear change

[twistedhat]

I want to change the gears in my ranger to get some more low end torque. I will be using stock tires and Im thinking about getting a superchips flashpaq. how do i find the right ratio. do I just find the tire diameter and the current gear ratio and then look at the gear ratio chart on this site? also will the flashpaq need to have a different tune for the new gears? thanks

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Do you know what gearing you have now? Whats your tire size? If its like mine with 3.73's but I have 31's... its does ok. But 4.10's would do better for me and probably you if you have 235's or 225's.

Do you have a 2wd or 4x4?

An SCT Tuner would probably leave you better off. I don't hear the best from superchips. Plus the SCT tuners you can have the guy preset special tunes just for your truck.

 

[twistedhat]

my tires are 235s which I believe is a 29 inch tire, not sure though. the current gears are 4.10 so I was thinking either a 4.30 or 4.56. I have 2wd and its a 3.0L. also which sct tuner is the best one?

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Well if you already have 4.10's thats about the best your gonna get as i think the next size up is 4.56's and most people use those for 33's.

A 3.0L is not a very fast motor all its torque is up top and the only way to bring it down is engine mods such as a tuner. Instead of speanding money on gears I would get a Tuner, Underdrive pulleys, larger throttle body and an exhaust. I think the tuner is called the XC2 or the XC3... But here is an awesome site you might wanna check out.

http://rogueperformance.com/WelcometoFredland.html

 

[4x4junkie]

You're already pretty close to ideal for that engine as far as gearing goes. However with it being 2WD (and if you have the 8.8" rear) a move up to 4.30:1 shouldn't be too detrimental to your MPG.